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A co-conspiracy. and that could be a problem for them. >> do you see any similarities, john, in how mueller took down the gambino crime family when he was federal prosecutor in terms of how mueller seems to be systematically indicting and then flipping these trump associates to cooperate? >> there is. and this is pretty standard with white collar prosecutors working on mob cases particularly where they go to get the lower level people first, try to get them to either plead or indict them and then flip them. this is pretty standard operating procedure. that's exactly what we see in this case, t...

Will address the issue post verdict. now, jurors are taking the weekend off, and then deliberations will get started again on monday. shep? >> molly lions at the white house, thanks very much. some folks had assumed that the jurors would have reached a verdict by now, but as other high-profile mob cases show us, there's really no pattern. al capone was convicted of dodging taxes in eight hours, john gotti of murder, racketeering and a slew of other things in 13 hours, but his son john gotti jr. had four cases end in mistrials. deliberations in the fourth back in 2009 lasted 11 days. offici...

Court, and, well, referred to bulger as a rat. that brought all kinds of fireworks. >> yeah. the government contends, and it's in the process of proving its case and, candidly, the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, but the government contends this man was an enforcer for mr. bulger. and now this guy, and this is typical of mob cases, is turning evidence in favor of the government and against mr. bulger and, of course, bulger wasn't happy about it. so the question is, i suppose, how do jurors react when the defendant stands up from the defense table and uses four-letter, barnyard words to desc...

Are telling me plenty more are coming. and then charles payne, dawg mcdowell, along with adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino, what do you have? >> i think there are clearly going to be more people that are either to cut deals or they're going to find themselves before, in court and find the charges and there's no doubt, this is the beginning, i believe of a longer process and the question is who is the ultimate target and all you have to do is talk to defense attorneys and people that are pretty close to the fbi and the justice department, and, and just use common sense and look how they're d...

Bar owners in 1981 after a drink that was accidentally spilled on a woman's dress. tim white is an investigative reporter in providence, rhode island. tim, good to see you and happy to talk about this with you. you've been reporting on mob cases and mobsters for quite some time. how big would you say this fbi roundup is? >> reporter: well, in new england it's massive, to say the least. we only had two arlss rests in area in this entire sweep, but one of them was big-time, the reputed former head of the new england crime family. i can tell you law enforcement in this area has been trying to tra...